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WHS, UK: Shopping Online at WHS UK Has Never Been So Easy! - Teeth of the Tiger In a nondescript office in Maryland 'The Campus' set up with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan identifies and locates terrorist threats dealing with them in whatever manner necessary. It's always on the lookout for new recruits - men like Jack Ryan Jr the president's son. ... Guitar Cards Chord Starter Pack Featuring over 50 essential easy chords for beginners in a funky format this pack is small enough to fit into your back pocket or guitar case so you can refer to it anytime. Each chord is shown clearly in full colour together with a suggested fingering. Every card also includes information on related chords and a suggested chord sequence so that you can hear the sound in context. The back of each card simply gives the name of the chord so they are ideal for use as flash cards. Teachers and songwriters alike should find them valauable. ... Famous Five 9: Five Fall into Adventure Julian Dick and Anne are really worried - George and her devoted Timmy have just disappeared! Not only that somebody has broken in to Kirrin Cottage. Could there be a connection? The Famous Five think so but it's going to be tough getting to the bottom of this mystery. ... LA Bamba - (DVD) The life o rock and roll legend Richie Valens burns across the screen in this celebrated music-filles movie with star-making performances by Lou Diamond Philips as Richie and Esai Morales as his half-brother Bob. La Bamba depicts the 17-year-old Mexican American's rocket rise to fame from field labourer to rock star with a string of hit singles and a date with destiny.......................... ... Kindness of Strangers The Autobiography Kate Adie reporting from the world's trouble spots is so familiar to us that we all recognise her but this book reveals much more about her eventful life. Raised in post-war Sunderland where life was 'a sunny experience full of meat-paste sandwiches and Sunday school' Kate has courageously reported from all over the world since she joined the BBC in 1969. These memoirs encompass her reporting from inter alia Northern Ireland the Middle East Tiananmen Square and of course the Gulf War of 1991. From the siege at the Iranian embassy which shot her to public acclaim to an alarming encounter with a drunken Libyan army commander who shot her at point-blank range the chaos and mayhem of desert warfare to Gracie Field's bizarre funeral Kate has cooly kept us in touch through her reasoned and level reporting. Although an intensely private person Kate Adie also divulges how despite being sent to outlandish places at a moment's notice she's maintained her interest in sailing singing theatre and friends who tolerated her strange hours and what it's like to be a woman in a man's world. ... Traces of Guilt Neil Barrett takes the reader into the world of the computer criminal and guides us through some of the high profile cases he has worked on - from Gary Glitter's conviction as a paedophile through cases of hacking and fraud to rape and even murder. ...
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WHSmith (WHS) is one of the UK's leading retail groups incorporating market leading companies in retail, publishing and news distribution. The Group has 1,464 stores world-wide, 30,747 employees in 12 countries and sales of some £2.9bn.
WHSmith is the UK's number one family retailer selling a range of products that extends across education, entertainment and information. Each year WHSmith High Street stores sell enough pens to circle the earth; enough books to fill a library shelf from London to Edinburgh; and enough paper to write a letter to everyone in the world. WH Smith also sell 122 million magazines and newspapers each year - enough to make a pile 69 times taller than Mount Everest.
The first High Street store was a small news vendor opened in 1792 in Little Grosvenor Street, London, by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna. Today, WHSmith has 545 High Street stores, covering over 3 million square feet of selling space and employing 17,000 staff. Clubcard, the Company's loyalty scheme, has more than 5 million members.
Books, newspapers, magazines and stationery form the core of the High Street business. WHSmith sell more books than any other retailer in England, Scotland and Wales. For example, one in three copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire were bought from WHSmith in the first weekend of release. WHSmith promote new authors with their Fresh Talent showcase and also have the Thumping Good Read Award that is voted for by members of Clubcard.
WHSmith's major stores stock more than 45,000 product lines, whereas an average food supermarket carries around 10,000 lines.
WHSmith currently holds a strong market share in each of the core categories in which it trades - books, stationery, news, magazines and entertainment. WH Smith's strategy is to exploit the strength, power and potential of the WHSmith brand to provide the very best service and value for money for their customers, shareholders and wider community.
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